Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 6

KID AT. DECEMBER 31. 1SST. THE RECORD OF THE TDIES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1WT. OF A POLITICAL KATCEL AEOUXD HARVEY'S LAKE.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 I I I I DG University of Pennsylvania Graduates at Scranton Interesting Fatts From a Report ot Geological Sorrer, LESSON FIRST QUARTER, INTER-KATKOKAL SERIES, JAM. 2. Text ml tha mam. Math.

lit. J-17 aa-mrj tarn, IS-17 Goldoa Text. Math. iU. U-CaauMBtary hy the Kev.

IX X. Let me at tha beginning of our study ot the gospel by Matthew, In which wa are to continue tor air months, quota a few Gospels" by Rev. Henry O. Weston, D. D.J nTZSIMMOiS WILL FIGHT.

4 BUT CORBETT AND M'COT MUST FIRST ESTABLISH THEIR RIGHTS AS MEMBERS OF BOB'S CLASS. Chicago, Dec. JS Martin Julian today on behalf of Robert Fitzsimmons, made the following statement: -FitmmiBOBS will defend his right to the title of champion. Mrs. Fuxsim-raons has released him from bis promise of retirement." Referring to the conditions on which Fitzsimmona will fight Corbett and McCoy, Julian's statement says: -The conditions are as follows: L-et Corbett beat a man like Maher or Choyntki and establish bis right as a member of Bob's class; let McCoy beat bis way up to a commanding position and come along with bis challenge afterward.

But first McCoy must fight a fit opponent at the middleweight limit" and not at catch aeighta" The statement concludes as follows: Puny. -hildree I i XTho wouli prescribe oelj tonics and birtm for a weak, 9 puoy rfiiM Its muscles t4 a it oerves arc to loorvugiuY a- hamUd th.it thrr cannot be Kohhpcd iatO ACtmtY, r. The ok And muscle-building- tOOO 2 'The Bible is a bUtory of the oonUt be- cHLd food blood-tween Clirtst andnfor man and hi. naiin- nvMtrcntrtlitniny i bcotfs tmuisioa -v of CoS-Uret CWlsallof this, and you still hive tonic in the hypophosphites of lime and soda, to act with the food, For thin and delicate children I it 9 i Cm AatfcraeiM la rriaaipal Cities, Ths Bltaias Article baly a Slight IsareaM la the Tales Oa Miami Fraaaet. Washington.

Dsc. IS. The at port of the mineral resources of the United States for 1896, just issued by the geological survey, is notable for containing what Is probably the first authentie comparison between the wholesale and retail prices oL the American coal product at the leading points of consumption. In anthracite coals the cheapest markets last year were Wllkesbarre and Shenandoah, in the heart of the Pennsylvania mining -region. The average wholesale price at Shenandoah for coals of all sizes ranged from J1.T5 to S2.24.

and at Wllkesbarre from J1.V5 to $2.50. Pea coal could be bought cheaper at Hoboken $2.05 to $2.40 wholesale and Orange, N. J. $2.25 to $2.50 wholesale than at Pottstown, where it cost $2.75. At Pottsville, the average of all sizes was considerably better than at Pottstown 12.33 to $2.58 wholesale.

The lowest figures quoted at Brooklyn, which has as great an advantage in point of water transportation as Hoboken, are for broken coal, ranging at wholesale from $3.40 to $3.62 per short ton, equivalent to about $3.81 to $4.05 per long ton; whereas at Hoboken, where the long ton prices alone are quoted, broken coal brought from $3.10 to $3.85. A curious difference is observable be tween some of these points in the per centage of Increased cost at retail. Thus at Orange, is. tne retail prices ranged from 25 to 28 per cent higher than the wholesale prices; at Wllkesbarre from 20 to "2 per at Pottstown from 25 to 41 per cent; at Shenandoah a pretty uniform 11 per cent, and at Pottsville only 4 per cent. Gotham's Coal Supply.

New York city bought her anthracite coal for from $3.90 to R50 wholesale and from to $5.50 retail. Poughkeepsie. I with her direct rail route from the coal beds, bought her stove coal at to $4.70 wholesale and $5 to S5.60 retail, and body and there was danger of a knock-her pea coal at $2.95 wholesale and $3.00 oUt. Then Everhardt clinched and to $3.92 retail. Boston paid $4.65 to 5.1o wrestled and saved his skin until time wholesale and 5.K5 to $6.43 retail.

Phil- i was called and referee Duffy declared THE BUILDINGS NOW AND THOSE TEARS AGO CJTTLE BISTORT OF THE LAKE. Hrvys Lake covers 1 S5 seres." Tbs water is pur, perch and irout are todi-jf ncxti, acd pske were placed is lb lake by Ho'lerbaf and Urquhart, who owned nearly ta whole of Lke Township at oat time. Salmon were pot in the lake ts 1S by the Stats authorities. The principal of water is from tnea springs la the bottom of the lake, from which the coldest water is obtained by sinking jugs. Except ia severe winter weather Ice does sot form over these hid-dea springs.

During the autumn months the water has been three feet lower than it was last spring. At present the water is rising. There is a good, substantial road around the tske. over which many people drive for pleasure when the weather. is favorable.

Bicycle riders find It a capital track for a spin. The distance around the lake i nine miles and a fraction of a mile. The lake -has-been called rUy different names, one of which is Lake Skandara: another Sha wanes Lake, while it Is commonly called Harvey' Lake. It has been said by some persons that its shape is that of the letter T. while others assert that its shape Is that of the tetter L.

The picture of the lake on the map does not resemble either the letter or L. Two miles of the lake have been walled by he Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. and a number of cottagers.

Judging of the future by the past, the lake will be entirely walled in twenty-five years. The present owners of the land covered by the lake are the heirs of the late Judge Charles Barnum and the late Hendrick B. Wright, who purchased the same of the State. The Baraum heirs are Mrs. Frank Ferries of Bellwood, James Bernard Barnum of Laketon and Benjamin Franklin Barnum of Wiikes-Barre.

The Wright heirs are George Wright and sister. Mrs. Graham of Wiikes-Barre. This winter there are over fifty cottages vacated by the owners. Old residents predict that In less than twenty-five years every lot bordering on the lake will have been sold.

Many lots have been purchased on which no cottages have been built. i Eight persons have been drowned in Harvey's Lake, namely, a young son of landlord Clayton a number of years ago, Miss Agnes Kitchen, Miss Annie Smith, Joseph Johnson. Westover, a young boy from Kingston: Gowen C. Herdman and Lea-is A. McCarty.

The last two were drowned June 23, 1895. Fifty years ago an old Wllkes-Barre. newspaper tells us that ten buildings could be seen by rowing around the lake, and they were the following: Log school house at the west corner, then In the woods: a house on the Warden farm, where William Allen lived; Joseph Worth-Ington's house, Martin Myers's, John Fos-nock's, Moses Perrego's, Jesse Kitchen's, Daniel Caspear's, William Crandall's, Recently while rowing around the lake there were counted the buildings that may be seen from the lake, and our knight of the oars kindly named the owners as fol lows: Benjamin Franklin Barnum, Selig-man J. Strauss of Wiikes-Barre. Abel Perrego of Laketon.

Daniel Lewis, William L. Roberts, Martin Fahey of Ert-wardsvllle, John Iohmann of Laketon, Wlnfield Hancock Perrego of Kingston. Protestant Methodist Church. Mrs. Margaret Baird of Lake Township, Rev.

Walter Randall, Jacob Sorber. Frederick Davis, Laketon H. Vaow, Joseph Kraft, Herman Krum-bigle of I.keton, Judge John Lynch. Dr. A.

P. O'Malley of Wllkes-Barre. David Myers of I.ake Township. Mrs. Sabltia Mvers of Lehman, BPnjamin Franklin Myers of Kingston, Walter Pettebone, Harper N.

Pettebone of Dorranceton. Theodore Puterbaugh of Lake Township. Mrs. Fred Bittenbender of Nanticoke, Joseph Sweitzer of Plymouth, Judge. William Cool Of West Pittston.

Mrs. Matilda Anderson of Lake Township, Nelson Pringl of Kingston, Edward Mackin of Wllkes-Barre, two houses owned by Draper Smith of Plymouth, James M. Schooley of Wyoming, William L. Raeder of Wiikes-Barre, Mrs. S.

J. Atherton, of Brooklyn, B. F. Mvers. A.

C. Iacock and son Charles of Kingston. Dr. Olin F. Harvey of Wiikes-Barre.

T. L. Newell of Kingston. Mrs. Henry Reichard, Mr.

Bid-well. Mr. Landmesser of Wllkes-Barre, William Eno of Plymouth. Mr. Pethic; Albert Marcy, George Anderson, Mrs.

Martha- Anderson, Thomas Ford, Allen Puterbaugh, Ira Puterbaugh of Lake Township, Ephraim Troxell, Llewellyn J. Fogel, Col. Samuel Sturdevant, Mr. Goff, J. C.

Payne of Wiikes-Barre. Harry Lan-dis, proprietor of Grove House, the new Grove House which is being erected; photographer Beeeham of Plymouth. Patrick Doyle of Larksville, Jacob R. Shafer of Trucksville, James Parks of Lake Township, Charles Rhodes, proprietor of Lake House, which is located in Lehman Township; Mrs. Babina Myers.

Mrs. Alice Worthington of Lehman. Nathaniel Rut-ter of Wllkes-Barre, Joseph Worthington, Mrs. Jacob Johnson of Lehman, a house owned by the Dymond Lewis Land of Kingston, William eaver, nomas Long, Isaac Rogers, William Thomas of Lehman, Jane Shoemaker. George Wright, the late Mrs.

Brisbane's cottage, -Mrs. Emory, the late J. B. Crawford's cottage of Wiikes-Barre, Dymond Lewis. Andrew Hunlock of Wiikes-Barre, Dr.

E. Troxell of West Pittston. J. Bennett Smith, Mr. Lewis, Calvin Dymond, John N.

Pettebone of Kingston. William Moore of Wiikes-Barre, Dr. William Thomp son, Benjamin S. Thompson ot Luzerne Borough, James B. Miller.

Archibald Weiss of Lake Township. Arthur Stull, George M. Young, three dwellings owned by Albert Lewis. Alderson school house. Dr.

Henry Trimmer, Abraham Shultz, Harvey's Lake Supply store, the Albert Lewis boarding house, Lehigh Valley R. R. freight depot. Albert Lewis, log cottage. Ihigh Valley R.

R. station at Alderson, the Albert Lewis Lumber Mnufactur-Ing the Albert Lewis lumber oftice, tenement house of Albert U'Wls. Mrs. Julia Ann Kitchen, Daniel Kitchen. Joseph Kitchen, Mrs.

J. A. Kitchen. M. E.

Church and parsonage at Alderson, three dwelling houses owned by A. V. Honeywell of Lake Township, George Matchell of Dallas. Aaron Smith, two houses owned by Henry 8. Major, three owned by J.

W. Kocher, two by John C. Kitchen. P. O.

S. of A. Hall, Charles Kitchen, Bdward A. Lamoreaux. a tenement house of Albert Iewls, Frank Davis, M.

I Avery's drug store and dwelling, Fred I.uckey, Ira Mor ton's two houses, Albert Lewis, grist mill and dwelling of Walter J. Allen. Edward Gaynard, Mr. Kuschke. Thomas Dolan, James B.

Pierce of Dorranceton, Frederick Davis, Peter B. Kitchen. Allien Lewis, Iakeslds school house. Samuel Shafer, Mrs. Peter Shupp, Charles Shupp of Ply-onth, William Davis, Shawanese Lake Pavilion, Hamilton Korhor's two houses, James B.

Kocher of Lake Township, Oeorge Burnett of Kingston, K. M. Herring of Wllkes-Barre. two cottages owned by Peter Gessner and two cottages owned by James Bernard Barnum. There were counted 160 dwelling.

Including three school houses, two churches, stores and other business places. Christmas hs come and Amis no bridge on the lake. It purposes making one as soon as the days begin to liwgthen and the Cold begins to strengthen. On this crystal bridge happy swains and pretty maidens will glide singing merrily. Fell Dead at Plymouth.

Mrs. Oeorge Sullivan died suddenly at her borne in Plymouth on Monday. She fell ln a faint to the floor and could not be revived. Coroner McKee was notified and he empaneled the following Jury: 3. D.

Williams, Joseph Harris, John 8llne, William Lewis. Charles Bryant and Abram Moss. An Inquest was held last evening and a verdict of death from heart disease wa rendered. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon. Died in FairmonnL Mrs.

Diana Harvey, widow of the late Lewi Harvey, died In Falrmount. this county, on Dec, 2S. aged 76 years. Hh was a daughter of the late teter Boston, who died a few yearsjaeo at a great age. Hhe wsg a well Known and highly repetd lady and it survived by threw brothers and one iister and three children.

WHAT CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS SATS AS TO WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Congressman Williams is home spending the, holidays and looks very well. The Record reporter met him in. his oftice in the Coal Exchange building and discovered, after a few minutes' conversation with him, that he is thor. oughly in earnest in studying public affairs and is doing-his very best to keep his district well to the front.

He thinks the great question before Congress is the money issue, and nearly every representative has a scheme In his pocket which he thinks will truly solve all the difficulties hedging about our finances and bring him fame as the savior of the nation. Our congressman thinks Mr. Leisen-ring will declare himself a full fledged candidate for governor in a few days. He believes the district will stand by him as soon as he makes it clear that he is in the field in earnest. As to Mr.

Reed's candidacy for the collectorship, he says It is hard to tell what success he will have. Every dis trlct has a candidate of its own, and i as that means a good many, the dis trict being composed of nineteen counties, it is impossible to tell who may have the best pull at the end. Mr. Williams thinks the Record makes a mistake in not giving Quay effective help in his efforts to run this State entirely free of factional disturbances. Since he has been in Washington he Tias learned to know Senator Quay well and has a high regard for his ability and judgment as a public man.

Mr. Williams will return to his duties In Washington next week. COAL PROPERTY WILL HE SOLD- RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATES WILL 1 BE IsSL ED AGAINST THE NATALIE COAL PROPERTY. COMPANY A dispatch from Pittsburg says that Common Picas Court No. has made an order authorizing the Pittsburg Trust Company, receiver of the Natalie Anthracite Coal Company, appointed in the equity by the" 'third rational Bank of Pittsburg and D.

Herbert Hostetter against the Natalie Company and about twenty-five other defendants, to issue receiver's certificates to the amount of $30,000 for the operation of the coal works and other necessary expenses. The circumstances of the suit were related in the Record some days ago The plant of the defunct company is estimated to be worth The certificates. It was stated, will be used as needed during the next six months, unless a sale of the property is affect- ed. In granting the issue of certitl cates Judge J. W.

F. White remarked that he thought a sale advisable. D. T. Watson, who, with J.

R. Sterrett nd John S. McCave, represents the plaintiffs, assured the court that arrangements would be made for a sale as soon as possible. The action of the court has brought out the story of the sensational litigation between Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other Pennsylvania capitalists. The suit involves a tract of land in Northumberland and Columbia counties, bought by Nathaniel Taylor in 18S9 from Asa F.

Packer. Taylor mortgaged the property to the extent of and organized the Penn Anthracite Coal Company, to which all the property was conveyed. The mortgage being unpaid in 1892 it was foreclosed and the property was sold to attorney Thomas C. Lezear, who conveyed it to the Natalie Anthracite Coal Company. Lezear was secured by $2,000,000 worth of bonds payable In thirty years.

The bonds were secured to the Pittsourg Trust Company by mortgage. Lezear sold the bonds. Taylor, who was made president or the Natalie Coal Company when it was organized, claims a portion of the stock The Nathaniel Taylor rererrea to was formerly a resident of Wiikes-Barre. He was a member of the Luzerne County Ear and operated a marble works on Market street. SOME COAL QUESTIONS INTERESTING FACTS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE COAL BUSINESS The following are from a series of interesting coal questions in the Anthracite Coal Operators' Journal: Is buckwheat coal used at the mines for any considerable period for gleam purposes because there is no market for it, or does the market take all the buckwheat made at the collieries? Few of the collieries use buckwheat as fuel owing to there being no market for it.

In some rases, when working on short time, there Is not sufltcient rice and smaller sizes to maintain steam and then buckwheat Is used for this purpose. When there Is no demand for buckwheat the majority ot the collieries prefer stocking it and holding for a market rather than burning under the boilers. What amount of pea and buckwheat is put on the dirt bunk for lack of market? In practically no cases are pea and buckwheat thrown on the dirt bank tor lack of a market. They are often stocked when the market Is overloaded, but are always taken up and shipped w.hen the demand Improves. Dirt banks from old collieries contain these sizes, but In 1R(S7 pea coal became a marketable product, and In 1878 buckwheat was separated, and since that time there has been a steady decrease In the amount of coal thrown away.

How much more rice and smnlW sises could be made at the breaker than are now made. If a market could be obtained for them? In Ihe absence of any actual trial no reliable figures can be given to show how much more rice and smaller slses could be made at the breakers If a market was obtained. It Is variously estimated that from none to SO per cent, more could be produced. It Is probable that this would depend ns largely upon the price to be received as on an expansion In the market. If the price st the breaker was satisfactory there If no doubt that many collieries now using rice snd smsller for fuel would hnrn only the smallest sizes and dust.

together with such "bone" and other unmarketable coal is now tnrown on the dirt bank. Many would also, no doubt, use old culm bank material for boiler fuel If Ihe above did not furnish sufficient steam. As the average colliery consumption for steam purposes amounts to shout per cenL of the product It might be loir to suppose that at least one-half of this could be marketed under prjper conditions. This would make sn Increase, on the total production from all regions, of about ton per an num. -J-1 mere uu rcuicuy aupuwr to it in the world.

It means 2 growth, Strength, plumpnCSS npness ie. sure 9 ana COmiOTI TO um DC sure rMt nrt 5sfDTTrS Emtilsioru joc nd $1.00, 11 dnnjlU. SCOTT BOWNE, Chemutm, New York, Wiikes-Barre Whqtesalf Banks. ANTHRACITE SAVINGS BANK. lA Franklin.

4 lin PEOPLE'S BANK. 63-71 Public Squara. SECOND NATIONAL BANK. 42 W. Mar.

WYOMING NATIONAL BANK. 37 Market. Boots and Shoes. 1 LOWENSTE1N. ELI AS, 6a S.

Canal China and Glassware. CONYNGH AM, SCHRAGE if Northampton. Dry Goods, CASPER, CHAS. SOS, 48 S. Canal.

WATT, ANDREW 76 N. Main. Grocers and Commission. KIRK EN PALL SON, 76 3. Canal.

Grocers. BOWMAN JAMES SON, 206 E. DAVIS K. Market. HART.

LEK 210 E. Market. SMITH FRANTZ, 9-11 N. Main. STODDART.

W. 36-38 8. Main. WyiTEMAN PATTERSON. 50 8.

Canal. Provisions and Oil. PAINE near depot. Wines, Liquors and Cordials. HELFR1CH WARKER.

Main andllagl Lumber, Sash, Doora, etc. B. HOl'PT SON. Union and Canal. STURDEVANT GOFF.

67 Hazls. Marble and Granite Monuments. JONES. W. 5 a Washington.

Cigars and Tobacco. SCHWAB, F. 59 S. Main, Stationery, Wrapping Paper, Ete. THE KRESS STATIONERY blarkeu Electrical Contractors.

HESSEL, LEWIS 192 E. Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron. WILLIAMS HARDWARE 167 K. Market. Hats and Caps.

BLAU, A. 37 3. Canal. Flour. Feed and Grain.

MILLING CO. Commission Merchants! ALLEN, D. It. 128 Northampton. Millinery, Pattern Hats, Etc.

PETERSON' S. 41 S. Main. RETAIL. Millinery (W.

and THE BON TON, Millinery, Public Cigars and Tobacco. COHEN. SELIG. People's Bank Building. Hardware.

Doors and Sash. C. MORGAN SONS. 56 Market. Druggists.

WHITE W. D. 63 Public Square, CARTER'S PHARMACY. 131 E. Murket; ninvelfg.

Electric and Machine Work- RICE, JOS. W. Market. Hotter. Teas and Coffee.

WESTERN BUTTER MARKET. S4 Pub He Square Stoves, Tinware and Bicycles. WHITE HARDWARE CO. 1S6 E. Market.

Groceries. HANCE. JOHN. 141 E. Market.

Guns and Sporting ROTH, E. 69 N. Main. Trunks. Harness antf Robes.

POST, M. 23 Market. Merchant Tailor. KRAFT, JOSEPH. 38 W.

Market. Furrilture, Stoves. Etc. STRONG'S FURNITURE STORE. 73 Main.

Gas and Electric Fixtures. SMITH, FRED 14 N. WashlngK Furniture and EVANS HUGHES. 166 K. Market Wall Paper and Palnta.

LEACH'S STORE. 3 W. Market. Rlcycles snd Supplies. JOHNSTON, ROBERT.

12 N. Majn. Htock Brokers. WILLIAM LINN ALLEN A Rooma 1 and 2 Wyoming National Bank Build ing, Cor. Market and Franklin flta.

Clothing. SHADRACH 124 Pub. 8 Singer Sewing Machines. BAILEY, W. 60 Plsnos and Organa.

PARST. 64 S. Main. DENTAL SCIENCE Can go no farther than to supply artificial teeth that will do good service ss those provide by Nature. At the HI III OF I a as THE AFFAIR HELD AT HOTEL JERM.YN PROMINENT ALUMNI TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM QUITE A NUMBER PRESENT FROM WILKES-BARRE AND VICINITY THE OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE.

The meeting ia Serai; ton Tuesday fur the purpuec 61 organizing an alumni society tt tne L'nivrrsuy of Pennsylvania was a marked success. Some flitj-fiYB tatdown dinner at the Jt-rmyn o'clock. Those present from Wiikes-Barre were Rev. Dr. H.

L. Jones, Dr. L. H. Taylor.

Dr. H. M. Beck, Dr. Walter S.

Stewart, Dr. Harry Waiter, Goeckel, George L. Darte (consul to Martinique), F. Johnson; from West Pittston, Dr. Mc-Fadden, Dr.

H. B. MaeKown. Mr. Frank Cool, Mr.

John Stark; Pittston, Dr. Under wood. The menu card was an elaborate aMalr, each French-named dainty having a classical quotation associated with it. The cards were printed in the red and blue of the university and bound in parchment covers. The college songs were not reserved for the close, but were Interspersed between the courses.

Dr. Tom Jones of Scranton sang several selections. Goeckel accompanying on the piano. He was a glee club and Mask and Wig man and his singing elicited great applause. There were numerous other musical numbers.

The music was all led by "Billy" Goeckel, trainer of the University Glee Club, and was fine. In addition to the Bet songs on the program, the musical end of the table broke out in repeated snatches of college song and the Rah-rah-rah yell of the university. No alumni association hereabouts has made such a fine showing in the way of college songs. fc The uni versi ty- fts represented by Dr. John Marshall, dean of the and Dr.

John K. Mitchell. The university foot ball team was represented by its celebrated coach, George Woodruff, and the end rush, Samuel A. Boyle, Jr. Wrhen the plates were pushed aside Rev.

S. Ballentine, as toastmaster, started the speech making, calling on Rev. Dr. Henry It. Jones of Wiikes-Barre on behalf of Columbia College.

He Indulged in some pleasant references to the inspiration arising from university brotherhood, and the men struck up the university yell in fine form, ending with "Columbia!" George Sanderson spoke on behalf of Harvard, which he said had only two or three representatives in Scranton. Hampton Carson, who dropped In from another banquet, that of tha league fraternity, was pressed to speak for the law department of the university and was greeted with great applause, as the most popular professor In the faculty and the next district at torney of Philadelphia. George B. Davidson spoke for Cor nell and the University of Pennsylvania. Rev.

Dr. Isaac J. Lansing spoke on the university and primary education. His speech was a serious and highly thoughtful plea for the best training in child life. George Woodruff, coach of the university foot ball team, was called on to speak for athletics, which he did in a manner to create great enthusiasm.

Telegrams and letters of regret from Dr. William Pepper. Dr. H. C.

Wood, Provost C. C. Harrison, Vice Provost George S. Fullerton, were read. S.

A. Boyle, end rush of the university foot ball team, was introduced amid thundering applause from, tha gridiron cranks and spoke pleasantly on the favorite topic. He protested against the term championship as being too commonplace for university athletics. Dr. L.

H. Taylor spoke for the University Hospital. Dr. John Marshall, dean of the faculty, spoke on the medicine and veterinary departments and was followed by several speakers from Scranton. The affair was a notable one throughout and It is proposed to have the banquet a year hence in Wiikes-Barre, at which time permanent organization of an alumni association will have been perfected.

The committee on banquet was Dr. John L. Wentz, '82. Scranton; Dr. F.

C. Wiikes-Barre; Dr. Lewis Frey. '83, Scranton; Dr. Lewis H.

Tay lor, 80, Wiikes-Barre; ur. w. iu. jvener, Scranton; Dr. Charles H.

Miner, '93. Wiikes-Barre; George B. Davidson, '86, Scranton; Dr. Levi 1. Shoemaker, xt, Wiikes-Barre; Dr.

Edson M. Green, '91, Scranton; Dr. Walter S. Stewart. '83.

Wiikes-Barre; Dr. Harry M. Beck '88. Wiikes-Barre; Dr. William C.

Gayley, 81, Hazleton. SHICKSHINNY WOMEN DEAD. ONE OF THEM DIES WHILE AWAY VISITING AND THE OTHERTWO AT HOME. Miss Carrie Beadle, one of Shickshln-ny's most prominent young women, died on Monday night of pneumonia. Death occurred at Dagus, Elk County, where she was visiting at the home of Mrs.

George Warren. Miss Beadle was 33 fears of age and was a daughter of esse Beadle, who is widely known throughout the State and who is a dl-: rector of the First National Bank, this city. The body was brought to Shlck-shinny last evening. Miss Annie M. Macafee.

aged 33. died at her home In Shickshlnny on Monday of consumption. She Is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Abram Smith of Dorrance r- ton and Mrs.

Charles Wolfingcr of Bum. mit Hill, Schuylkill County, and one brother. Frank, wno resiaes at nome. The funeral will be held on Thursday at 2 p. m.

from the Shickshlnny M. Church and interment will be In the cemetery there. Mrs. Ell McKennon of Shickshlnny died on Monday evening after a lingering illness of consumption. She was aged 30 years, and Is survived by her husband and one child.

The funeral will be on Thursday at 10 a. m. and in terment will be in Shickshlnny Ceme tery. The funeral was held Tuesday at 4 m. with services at the home, Rev, William C.

Mickey will officiate. Inter-ment in Shickshlnny Cemetery. Changes in the Patent Law. Inventors are warned of the changes In the patent law embodied In the amendments which go Into effect on Jan. 1, 1X98, which may seriously affect their rights.

The new law Inhibits the patenting of any invention which has been patented or described in any print- Ad publication In this or any other coun try more thnn two years prior to the ap- "llcatinn. No patent shall be refused or shall any patent be declared invalid I reason of its having lfen patented f.rst In a foreign country, unless the said application was filed more than seven months prior to the application In this eotintry. i nner penalty of being re- rarded as abandoned, the application tflnt be completed snd prepared for ex-' mlnstlon within a year after the filing said application. An Interference will be declared between an original ap- oatlon and a patent Issued more than -o yesrs prior to the date of filing the ,3 application. It should -be borne In at the same time that the term I United Htates patent will not be Hened by the prior filing or Jostling foreign patent for the same Inven-X, It Is possible, therefore, for the "icait inventor now to proceed with 1 educations without waiting for late patent to be issued.

aweuing piace; oi reoemption proTiura uy God proceeding from Hi lore, with love determining tha method and the Ihe gospels are the history of that part ot redemption which was wrought by the Lord Jesus Christ in I lis earthly life, death, burial and resurrection. The point of view and the purpose in each gospel determine in every case what shall be inserted and omitted. The Old Testament closes with the Jewish nation looking for the fulfillment of the prophecies of a king who shall reign In righteousness, under whom the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Matthew is the gospel of. tha Jewish king rejected, resulting ln the re jection of the nation, until thecnurcn, is body, shall be gathered out of all nations In the Old Testament God is for tils peo- pie; in the gospels He Is with His people; the Epistles lie is in His people, anese throe, God for us, God with us, God in us, are the method and the end of the Divine dealing, holiness eternal in the heavens, incarnate on earth, embodied in tha saints." 7.

generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come." Chapter i gives the genealogy of the King from. Abraham to Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was of the royal line through Solomon, son of David. Luke iii gives the genealogy of Mary, who was also of the hotiso of David, but through Nathan, the son of David. Math, 1, declares that Christ is the inheritor and fill Oiler of all things promised to David and Abraham. H.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance," or, ns in the margin, "answerable to amendment of life." Paul' preaching also was, "Repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance" (Acts xxvl, 20) Tho teaching of all Scripture is that by nature we are away from God; God is calling us to corao to Him, even as lie called Adam from his hiding place in tho garden, and has ever since been seeking lost sinners. When wo turn to Him, He receives us graciously, forgives us freely and makes us His children through Jesus' blood. Then He oaks us to walk worthy of our calling. (t "And think not to say within your- lves, "We have Abraham to our Father." KvLn to our Tj0rd Himself these peoplo proudly, "Wo foe Abraham' seed, but, Ho replied, "If yo wero Abraham's chil dren, ye would do the works of Abraham," and then He told them very plainly, "Ye are of your father, the devil" (John Till." 33, 3'J, 44) It will not do for us to say, "I am a member of the church, I have been baptized, my pooplo are all Christians, I do the best I can," as if any of these could save us There roust be a true reception of Jesus Christ as our own personal Saviour and a whole hearted reliance upon His merits only. It) "Every tree which brlngeth not forth good fruit Is hewn down nnd cast into the llro Hoth in tho Old Testament ami in tho New tho believer is compared to a tree See Ps.

1, Jer. xvii, 8, and compare our Lord's words in Math, xv, 13, "Every plant which my Heavenly Father hath not planted shall bo rooted up. "Heshall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with John sought no honor for himself, but ho loved to point to the niiglitiec than he, whose shoes he wns net worthy to bear. Wo havo not tho right spirit if wo ever seek any glory for ourselves. Re)cntnnco and tho forgiveness or sins are God's free gift and make us to be surely saved, but being saved wo must be tilled with the Spirit in order to servo Him and bear the fruit which will be to His glory and make manifest that wo are His, 12.

"Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor and gather His wheat into the garner, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable Are." May there not bo some reference here to the fire of the last verse? Compare tho harvest time of chapter xiii, 40-43. I have heard people pray for the fire, and I havo wondered if th.y wero even ready for the Spirit. 13. "Then coineth from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to bo baptized of him." Consider where Ho hud been for the Inst 18 years since He said to His mother at Jerusalem, "I must bo about My Father's business." Ho had certainly been about that business, but how and where? In thu humble homo and carpenter's shop of Nazareth, subject to Joseph and Mary, willing and obedient and waiting God's timo for public work- We need to lay this to heart also 14. "But John forbade Him, saying.

I have need to Ihj baptized of Thee, and enmest Thou to me. So John was ever humble mid ready to lay himself nt Jesus' feet. When they told John a little later that all men wero following Jesus, ho replied, "I am not the Christ, but sent before Him tho friend of the grldegrooin re-Joiocth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled" (John iil, 2f 20). Just a voice; anything or nothing If only Christ Is magnified. 15 "And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to lie so now, for thus it be-coineth us to fulfill all righteousness.

This wns HI consccrtition to His public work, a life of constant and manifest death to self that Ho might glorify God, manifest and cleclaru II is Name and fulfill all that had been written of Himself in the law, thu prophets and the Psalms. As His witnesses there ia no other way for us than self renunciation. 10. "Ixj, tho heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God de scending liko a dove and lighting upon Him." Heaven is always witnessing what ts going 0:1 on the earth, and, though thcro may be no outward manifestation as hero, yet it I oven so. I believe it firmly and have found great comfort in auch assurance as II "Cbron.

xvi, 9. At Pente cost tho Spirit came as tongues of fire, for thero wa purification howled as well as power, but there was no sin In Christ. 17. "And, lo a voice from heaven, Baying, This la My Beloved Hon, In whom I am well pleased. It la written ln Luke Hi.

21, that Jesus wa praying, and in John that tho Spirit abode upon Him. Here ar very plainly the Sou and Hoi? Spirit. The Spirit must have been aiwaya in Christ, but here ia a apeclal ministry of the Spirit at the beginning of Ills public work. Can ws think of doing with tcssf A gull ran fly at the rate of 100 miles an hour. Herthelot maintains that the Invention of gunboats and armor protected auns dates back to the fifteenth century MASTER AND I.

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Ad'irejd iti'tj 1 ul. i-wnAVTine 1 Ba'M In n. I ia i unr, n1for1 avenna Brooklyn, N. Msotlon Jti naper' whta yau srrne, i I I ft jjj 4 I am not going to allow FH Simmons to accept offers from inferior men. When the proper time comes Fitzsimmons will meet them all one sfter the other in the same ring if needs be.

(Signed) "SVartin Julian. "Manager of BoB Fitzsimmons. world's champion middle and heavyweight." M'COT IS ANXIOUS TO FIGHT. New York, Dec. 28.

"Kid" McCoy announced to-night that he had arranged to meet "'Al" Smith in this city to-morrow and that he will then post $1,000 as a guarantee that he will meet an' man named by Fitzsimmons. It ts to meet Martin Julian's condition, announced In Chicago to-day, that McCoy has arranged to-morrow's conference. He is anxious, he says, to find out who Fitzsimmons wants him to fight. DALY AND EVERHAUDT DRAW. New Orleans, Dec.

28. "Jack" Daly and "Jack" Everhardt met before the Tulane Avenue Athletic Club to-night with about a thousand persons present. The match was originally for twenty rounds, but the mayor would not issue a permit for over ten rounds, and charged $300 for that. Everhardt said he had trained for twenty rounds and refused to go on until he secured an agreement that if both men were on their feet at the end of ten rounds the fight would be declared a draw. tried to make it a rough and rushing fight from the start, but Daly was clever enough to keep away from punishment.

Daly's left was weak, so that there was not much harm done un- Vight and kept it going on the hMy ln tne tenth rounu paly's vlRht AU, r1IShine business on Everhardt's It a draw. ILUVA lirir.l -'lo III. Jl lili.lkr.n TRAMP CHARGED WITH CONDUCTOR GALLOWAY GIVEN A I HEARINO MOTORMAN IS Sl'RE HB 13 THE MAN. V.rrUtown. Par 'N-Miir in nors, a tramp, who was arrested yesterday In Ardmore cn suspicion of being the murderer of Galloway in the trolley car hold-up on Sunday, was arraigned before Magistrate- Lenhardt today.

Connors was identified as the man who fired ihe shot anil was committed without bail to answer at court. Motorman Charles Matthias find Mrs. Henry Barnshaw, Mioses Martha and LydSa Barnshaw, Martha Boot hand Ober, who were passengers on the oar, were waiting at the City Hall when Connors arrived and the.v were all taken into a private room. The suspect was confronted by the witnesses and all positively identified him as one of the tnimtis, while Matthias said that he (Connors) was the man who did the shooting. The prisoner was then formally charged with murder by District Attorney who stated that in the absence of counsel for the accused he would act for the commonwealth and the prisoner.

The motorman toM his story of the shooting and the district attorney asked hira if any one of those four men was present. He replied: "Yes, there is one of them." "Do you see ihe man who fired the shot that killed was asked. In a clear and distinct voice Matthias said: "Yes. he is the man." as he pointed i to onnors. The women passengers also identified Connors as the man.

In answer to the testimony Connors said: "I never had a revolver in my hands. I was never in this part of the country. Last Sunday 1 was playinp- cards in a shanty near North Wayne. That nipht I slept In Mr. Barrett's stable.

South There was with me Denny Len-shan. -William Oallen, James Killen and a Dutchman slept there that niptlit. and thev will tell you the same." The police are still hunting for the other three men who were Implicated in the shooting. THE UK A DING IN NOVEMBER. BOTH COMPANIES SHOW A KICK EASK FOR THFI MONTH TIIK SHOWING FOR THE YKAR.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2S. The statement of the Philadelphia Reading R. R. Co.

and the Philadelphia Reading Coal Iron Co. for November shows groi reeelpts for the railroad -ompany or Jl.W4.ili; expenses, net reeelpts, a decrease compared with November. of The gross receipts o' the coal and Iron company were expenses, $2,109.4: net earnings, $117,562, a decrease of $127,676 compared with November, ISM. The net Increase of the company from other during the month making the total earnings cf the companies S1.07."i73, a decrease of compared with November. ISM.

Against these net earnings is crmrged fixed charges, taxes, leaving a surplus of $342,173. For the five months of the present flscul year to Nov. 30 the net earnJnss of the companies were annlnst $5.255,29 for the corresponding period cf 1W. Tf 'tilled Him with Bat Poison. as nob Oec.

Bur-ition, Ernestine Burtoch were ar- to-nignt, cnargea wnn tne mur- ThS la th. autopsy husband. In September. The exhumed last Unclosed poison. woman confessed, after her arrest, that she hud killed Selhausen with rat she hud killed Helhausen wi poison, and Implicated Rurtoch Potters Wages to Bs Restored.

Trenton, N. Dec. 2A. The manufacturing potters of this city and the men employed In the cluy department had a conference to-day at which It was agreed the men should be restored the 1214 per cent, cut made In their wages In 1ttf4, the restoration to remain In effect until Keb. 1.

In the meantime It Is hoped to get the manufacturers of the East and West together for the purpose of agreeing upon a uniform scale of wages. Power Did Not Want Prince Georga London. Dec, 2. Th Constantinople correspondent of the Times, says that at the last meeting of the ambassadors of the powera, the Russian representative created aurprlse by proposing Prince George of Greece as governor of Crete, The proposal was. coldly received.

it1" Killed by His Son's Locomotive, Paint Hyaclnthe, Dec. IS Antolne aed 65, wns run over and killed at Richmond yesterday hr VJ train whoa cDKlneea waa tyetitfa sot, of ln adelphia paid $4.45 to $4.70 wholesale and $4.75 to So.i5 retail. Tnese were a measured in or have been here reduced to long tons. Chicago bought by the; short ton at $5.25 to $5.85 wholesale and $6 to $6.75 retail, which would, if reduced to long tons, be a fraction say 10 or 12 per cent higher than Boston's figures. St.

Paul's prices bound rapidly upward, bcin g-fronr $7.10 to $7.0 wholesale" for short tons, or about $7.95 to $8.50 for Ions tons, and $8.10 to short, the equivalent of $9.07 to $9.32 long at retail. Du-luth bought at. her lake wharfs nearly $2 cheaper per ton than St. Paul at het railroad yards. San Francisco paid foi her Pennsylvania anthracite from $10 to 14 per Ipng ton wholesale and $12 to $16 retail, and Portland, about the same, both cities having an advantage in their water freights over cities lying a great deal nearer to the coalfields, but dnendine 1II)on raii mutes exclusively.

Wichita, paid almost as much as the Pacific coast ports for the same article. Butte, paid more than $19 a long ton at wholesale and more than $21 at retail, but Spokane, capped the climax with $19.60 wholesale and $22.40 retail. Bltnmlnons Coals. The comparison of prices for bituminous coals could not be abstracted in this way, owing to the great variety of qualities of coals concerned, the geographical dispersion of their sources and the different purposes for which theii consumption was designed. In tabular form, however, as they appear in the nrintpd volume thpSA rintn ore mncit suggestive, especially to manufacturers who are studying local conditions with reference to setting up plants in which large quantities of fuel are consumed.

Among other interesting matters in the same work are Dr. Becker's papet on "The Witwatersrand Banket," in which he shows that the rich conglomerates in the South African goldfields are only a very ancient form of out California placers, metamorphosed by heat and pressure Into hard rock. The figures of production and commerce in the great metal Industries, showing that we have reached the export stage in many of our metals, even shipping pig iron to Great Britain last year, are of special interest apropos Oi the widespread desire among our American experts that this country shall make a particularly Impressive displaj of her metal production at the Paris world's fair in 1900. A less agreeable line of thought, bul one from which we cannot escape. suggested by the summary prepared bj Dr.

David T. Day. the editor of the volume. "Instead of a normal increase 01 at least $25,000,000," he writes, "the mineral product of 1896 showed only slight increase In its total value, front In 1895 to $623,717,288 In There were nine substances, of whlct the product was not only Increased but for which the vnlue was the great est ever attained. Among the Important ones are gold, copper, aluminium and petroleum.

On the other hand, th product of many substances was In creased In amount, but the value wa. less than that of the smaller product yielded the year before. This Include such Important substances as lead bituminous coal, building stones, mineral waters, salt and pyrites." Wisconsin Central roreeloted Milwaukee. Ixtv the United States Jenkins It circuit court today ls sued a decree or foreclosure in tavor Vthe urtoeh boarded with Selhausen and a John A. Stewart and Edwin H.

B(f( married the widow. The ilriiifl as trustees, agalnrt the Wisconsin tral Railroad company for $12,000.1) the amount of the first mortgage boHi unpaid Interest co jpons of $1,800,000 anc Intel est on the jferred Interest pay. nicnts since Jul 1, 1894, the totai amount being $14,309,126. Lost rg ta a Storm. Sydney, Dec.

28 The American shl; Alexander Gibson, from New York, Jul 30, for Yokohama, ha arrived here with rudder damaged and steering with a Jury rudder. She reports having Jettisoned a portion of her cargo. -Killed His Brother-la-law. Wilmington. Dec.

28. At Sassafras, today John Davis, a young farmhand, was stsbbed to death by brother-in-law, Joseph Wallace, The men met at John Anderson's store and quarreled. A Bless la Wlidi.r, Th Windsor. Dec. 2.

The largest Are In this placa for atverat yesrs occurred early today. The large hardware estsbiuhment of fetone, Pennlman A Payson was Tot loaa la estimat ed at THE HOME OF PAINLESS DENTISTRY. The highest degree of perfection In dental sclenee has Netl resch- ed. All operations, no matter how flimeiilt, sre painlessly rompllnhed. Prices are trmrh lower thnn the old school den- 0 tlt ehsrse.

Towns ftna rruifr- irom si tip. Best set of teeth, IX ft A.